"I'm especially satisfied that he set aside the opportunity to look past our present class status and comprehend our identity as a club before picking us in front of current Premier League and Bundesliga clubs."

Director Gary Rowett stated: "We're extremely eager to have the arrangement over the line for Etebo. I'm anticipating seeing him in a Stoke City shirt as I'm certain our supporters are as well.

"Etebo is an extremely versatile, vigorous midfielder and he's an incredible age. He has played in the best divisions in Portugal and Spain and, obviously, he's heading into the World Cup with Nigeria which will be an astounding background for him."

Etebo has been topped 14 times by Nigeria and went ahead as a substitute in a week ago's neighborly against England at Wembley.

He will be a piece of the Nigerian squad that will confront Group D World Cup diversions against Argentina, Iceland and Croatia.

Etebo, who began his vocation with Warri Wolves in his local Nigeria, joined Feirense in 2016 and showed up, scoring seven objectives. He showed up for Las Palmas while on credit with the group from Gran Canaria.